Pinching hand: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-skinned hand with the thumb and index finger held close together, leaving only a tiny gap between them. The gesture mimics the physical action of measuring or indicating a microscopic size.
Usage Context
Used to suggest that something is very small, a tiny amount, or to imply a 'little bit' of something. It is a popular way to sarcastically mock the size of a specific object or to emphasize that one has zero patience left for a situation. It is often used alongside 👌 when discussing precision or 🤏 to highlight different skin tone variations.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019. It was part of a major push to expand hand gesture support, drawing inspiration from universal non-verbal communication used in human interaction to signify small quantities without needing words.
Details
Glyph
🤏🏿
Unicode
U+1F90F U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f90f_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-partial
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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